Specifications

System Overview 7
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
If you will connect your ID Works project to an existing database,
consider giving your ID Works Production Form fields the same
names as the database table columns with which they will be
associated.
Using the View menu, you can choose to have the fields in your
Production Form, card design, and report block show either field
names or sample data (which you provide) as you work in the ID
Works Designer application.
Inserting Fields
To insert a field, from the menu bar, select Insert and then the type of
field you want to add to your Production Form, card, or report block.
You can copy and paste fields within a project component and
between a card and report block. You cannot paste fields between
the Production Form and a card or report block. You can, however,
create Production Form fields from card fields. See the online help
topic “Add fields to a Production Form from a card design”.
The types of fields you can insert depend on whether the Production
Form, card design, or report block is active. Some field types, such as
list fields, can be inserted only in a Production Form. Others, such as
a magnetic stripe field, apply only to a card design.
Selecting Fields
When a field is inserted, it is automatically selected, meaning that you
can make changes to it. A field that is selected has a border of
diagonal lines and six or eight squares (called sizing handles) around
the border, depending on the type of field. In addition, when a single
field is selected, the status bar reports the field name, field type,
component name, and component type (card, Production Form, etc.).